Credit: George Martell

A new report estimates Massachusetts could collect up to $600 million annually in revenue from three resort style casinos.

The debate over casinos is back after a summer break, with the Patrick administration today releasing a long-awaited report evaluating the Bay State’s potential as a gambling market.

The $189,000 report, put together by New Jersey-based Spectrum Gaming, predicts that three Massachusetts casinos could generate between $1.2 billion and $1.7 billion in their first year of “stablized operations.”

The casinos, in turn, would pump nearly $600 million a year into state coffers, while providing roughly 4,337 jobs.

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